duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Ornithorhynchus paradoxus
Title An ornithorhynchus (duck billed platypus). Coloured etching
Description
An ornithorhynchus (duck billed platypus). Coloured etching by J. F. Cazenave after Vauthier.
Iconographic Collections
Keywords: Vauthier; J. F. Cazenave
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_ornithorhynchus_(duck_billed_platypus)._Coloured_etching_Wellcome_V0021300.jpg
The platypus or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is one of the extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.
